Metthew Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Metthew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metthew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
India71:109,580,769786,157
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Metthew (173) may also be a first name.

Metthew Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metthew Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Metthew (Hindi: मेथ्थेव, Marathi: मॅत्थु) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metthew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. Metthew occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Metthew are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Metthew is also the 694,534th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 173 people.

The last name Metthew is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Taraba, where 36 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 23 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.

Metthew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Metthew surname is chiefly Brethren (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maetthew931/
Methew923,754/
Mettew924/
Matthew8693,045/
Methewe8629/
Meathew8614/
Methiew8610/
Metheuw866/
Meithew861/
Miethew861/
Meythew860/
Metew832/
Mattthew8063/
Matthiew8024/
Matthewf804/
Matthhew803/
Meetheew802/
Mattheiw802/
Matthtew802/
Maatthew802/
Mattheww802/
Mitthews801/
Mattheew801/
Mahtthew801/
Miethiew801/
Mattheaw800/
Mathew77433,523/
Mattew7710,118/
Metewe7731/
Mettef778/
Mothew778/
Methev776/
Metheb772/
Mittew772/
Mehtew771/
Metews771/
Mithew770/
Meetheews751/
Mathiew71413/
Matheew7150/
Maithew7136/
Mathhew7126/
Mathtew7121/
Matheuw7119/
Matttew7116/
Mmathew7115/
Mattiew7112/
Matheww719/
Mattehw717/
Mahthew717/
Maathew717/
Matheaw717/
Maythew717/
Matteuw715/
Methevh714/
Matthev713/
Mettiev713/
Hmathew712/
Mathewf711/
Metthiv711/
Metteva711/
Matthef711/
Mhathew711/
Mithews710/
Mittews710/
Meteb6723,371/
Matew67299/
Metev67146/
Metef6759/
Motew6736/
Mitew678/
Metiw673/
Mattheif673/
Meeteehw672/
Hmatttew671/
Meththiv671/
Matthiev671/
Maythews671/
Matthief671/
Meehteew671/

Metthew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Metthew in the Hindi language
मेथ्थेवmeththeva-
Metthew in the Marathi language
मॅत्थुmet'thu-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Metthew
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